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California homes sliding into the ocean as worse is forecast

Cliffside homes in California are giving way to the sea, and the report warns the worst is still ahead; the listings did say oceanfront.

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  1. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorTransparency. Okay. The worst is still to come, according to the report. What's your message to people who haven't slid yet?

  2. Philippa Haldane-OkoroI tell them they're in a pre-launch phase.

  3. Philippa Haldane-OkoroTheir neighbors are early adopters of the sea, and my client's lot is now an emerging aquatic asset.

  4. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAquatic asset.

  5. Philippa Haldane-OkoroVera, I've been watching it through my brass telescope all morning, and the property is performing beautifully. It's gone down about forty feet of runway.

  6. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorForty feet of runway. I'll give that a sandcastle rating of one. A king tide would have your whole plan out by lunch.

  7. Philippa Haldane-OkoroA sandcastle is a short-term lease on a dream, Vera, and my plan is a long-term relationship with the water.

  8. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA long-term relationship with the water. Philippa, the water is seeing everyone on that street.

  9. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWhere is your own beach house, Philippa?

  10. Philippa Haldane-OkoroMy home is in a transition corridor. I'm on a yacht because I'm following the property.

  11. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo you're tracking your own property with that telescope. Brock has the forecast next, with some waterfront developments of his own.

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